Thuringia
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- proper noun
- In Thuringia, priority must be given to improving the Computer Science programs at Jena, Ilmenau, and at the polytechnics; the HAB should have different priorities.
Examples
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Our first stop was Weimar, in Thuringia.
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Today, the manufacturer, located in South Thuringia, Germany, where Krger works as an analyst, uses CFD software to simulate oil flow through virtual pumps.
Academic text (2007) -
Thuringia.
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Hut took part in the Battle of Thuringia during the German Peasants' War on 15 May 1525 at Bad Frankenhausen.
Blog text (12) -
Mechanical Engineering should be founded and cultivated in Thuringia at Ilmenau and at the polytechnics.
Academic text (1991) -
Nobody needs another technical school, and the state of Thuringia could not afford one; on the other hand, there is an extreme demand for creative architects in the new states (as every visitor to the former GDR can see), and there are great facilities and traditions in Weimar.
Academic text (1991) -
East Germany inherited five prewar states: Mecklenburg, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, and Thuringia, which were abolished in 1952 and reorganized into fifteen counties.
Academic text (1991) -
East Germany inherited five prewar states, including Thuringia, which were reorganized into counties.
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Baudler's father worked in the federal state of Thuringia to help rebuild the church after World War II.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Thuringia comes from an old German tribe called the Thuringii, and the name originally meant the 'land of the Thuringii'. So Thuringia is the name of that central German region because it was the home of those people and their land.